Wearing apparel



Jan. 27; .1959- J. s. ROSENTHAL wmmc APPAREL Filed march 4, 195 sVIIIIIIIIIIIA VIIIII'IIIII INVENTOR dosspx/ 5. ficsENT/ML J ATTORNEYS.

United WEARING APPAREL Joseph S. Rosenthal, New York, N. Y., assignor toCisco, Inc., a corporation of New York This invention relates to the artof wearing apparel and more particularly to a combined muffler andvest-like member.

It is among the objects of the invention to provide an article ofwearing apparel that may readily be manufactured from any suitablecloth, that will provide the utility of a conventional mufiler withoutlikelihood of slippage when worn and will also simulate the appearanceand provide the utility of a conventional cardigan, yet may be donned bythe wearer without need for removing his coat or jacket, covering asubstantial portion of the chest of the wearer as shown in Fig. 1.

According to the invention, these objects are accomplished in the mannerhereinafter described and particularly recited in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings in which is shown one or more of variouspossible embodiments of the several features of the invention,

Fig. 1 is a view illustrating the article as worn,

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the article,

Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view taken along line 3-3 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 4 is a View similar to Fig. 3 of another embodiment of theinvention.

Referring now to the drawings, the article comprises an elongatedrectangular strip of fabric 11 such as is commonly used in scarves ormufilers and preferably of wool of synthetic fibre such as Orlon" or thelike.

The strip 11 is of length such that When placed around the neck of thewearer, as shown in Fig. 1, the lower ends 12 thereof will reach toapproximately the waist and the depending portions thereof will form twopanels 13, 14 which may lie respectively on each side of the wearerschest.

The adjacent inner edges 15, 16 of the panels 13, 14 are illustrativelyprovided with complementary fastening means, preferably button holes 17and buttons 18, which when engaged will retain the edges 15, 16 togetherand the panels 13, 14 adjacent their lower ends 12 are desirablyprovided with pockets 19.

If desired, button holes and buttons may extend substantially the lengthof the inner edges 15, 16 of the panels to reach the neck of the wearer.

tates Patent According to another embodiment of the invention, theadjacent inner edges 15, 16 of the panels 13 and 14 may be permanentlyjoined as at 20 (Fig. 4) and buttons 18' may be sewed along the lengthof such connected portion.

The article, above described, when worn beneath a jacket or coat willallord the wearer all the benefits of a conventional scarf or mufiler,yet by reason of the connected lower portions of the panels 13, 14 willbe retained in fixed position around the neck of the wearer withoutslippage. In addition, the article has the attractive appearance of acardigan or vest-like member and also its utility, in that it providespockets for small articles such as cigarettes, keys or the like. As thearticle is devoid of aback portion, it may readily be donned by merelyplacing the neck portion over the head of the wearer and as readilyremoved, all without removal of the coat or jacket.

As many changes could be made in the above construction, and manyapparently widely different embodiments of this invention could be madewithout departing from the scope of the claims, it is intended that allmatter con tained in the above description or shown in the accompanyingdrawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limitingsense.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

As an article of manufacture, a combined mufller and vest-like membercomprising an elongated rectangular strip of fabric of the same widththroughout its entire length and devoid of discontinuities along itsparallel longitudinal edges, adapted to be positioned around the neck ofa wearer to define two panels depending from the neck portion of thestrip and adapted to lie on the chest of the wearer on each side thereofand of combined width to cover a substantial portion of the chest of thewearer, said panels being of length substantially to reach the waist ofthe wearer, a plurality of complementary button holes and buttons alongeach of the adjacent inner edges of said panels near the lower endsthereof, said complementary buttons and button holes coacting releasablyto join the adjacent inner edges of the panels together with said edgesoverlapping, each of said panels having a pocket adjacent the lower endthereof.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS1,096,549 Mandel et a1 May 12, 1914 1,936,045 Bachrach NOV. 21, 19332,042,442 Buchman May 26, 1936 2,496,953 Pinnere Feb. 7, 1950 2,507,333Coursey May 9, 1950 FOREIGN PATENTS 359,805 Great Britain Oct. 29, 19311,066,735 France June 9, 1954

